Power over earth and rain

11Thus you shall say to them: “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

12He made the earth by his power; he established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he stretched out the heavens.

13At the sound of his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

14Every man is stupid, without knowledge; every metalworker is put to shame by his idol, for his cast image is a lie, and there is no breath in them.

15They are vanity, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment they will perish.

16Not like these is the Portion of Jacob, for he is the Former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; Yahweh of hosts is his name.